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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Too long line

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Crashes a service by sending a too long line

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

It was possible to kill the service by sending a single long
text line.
A cracker may be able to use this flaw to crash your software
or even execute arbitrary code on your system.

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Michel Arboi

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